SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Marathon star Lee Bong-ju, who has been suffering from a rare muscular disease, participated in a marathon race for a special cause as part of his recovery. The race took place at Bucheon Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on Sunday with 195 pacemakers split into 10 groups to each run [...]
SEONGNAM, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seongnam municipal government in Gyeonggi Province is on track to use drones for the delivery of library books. The city government said Monday that it will launch a pilot project for the proposed service within the first half of next year. The service will use drones to deliver [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The favorite Korean food among foreigners turned out to be Korean-style fried chicken. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korean Food Promotion Institute conducted a survey of 8,500 individuals from New York, Paris and 15 major cities around the world to ask them about the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean companies are turning to ‘BTS marketing’ for the world-famous boy band’s concerts in Los Angeles. Samsung Electronics Co. and AmorePacific Corp. have set up company booths along the side of SoFi Stadium in the U.S. city where the concerts will take place and have held various promotions and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean department store chains will be hosting a series of animal protection campaigns. From Dec. 3 to 5, Hyundai Department Store will be receiving donations of used transparent plastic bottles as part of its campaign to protect Eurasian otters, an endangered species. The store will donate 2,000 won [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The license for the Korean comic book that Netflix’s original series “Hellbound” is based on is being exported worldwide. The Seoul-based Munhakdongne Publishing Group, the comic book’s publisher, said Thursday that licenses have been sold to 11 countries around the world including the United States, Japan and France. Japan’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of an Army private who fought at White Horse Ridge in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province during the 1950-53 Korean War were found in a defense posture to fend off enemy mortar fire. On Oct. 28, the remains of a human body assumed to be a fallen soldier during [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of Southeast Asian countries that are opening their borders to fully vaccinated foreign visitors without quarantine requirements increases, travel agencies have moved to sell Southeast Asian tour packages using chartered flights. Mode Tour released a new tour package for Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam using chartered [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean Kimchi festival took place in California on Monday (local time). In celebration of California’s first Korean Kimchi Day, some 200 people including city officials, politicians, business leaders and diplomats gathered at the Korean consulate in Los Angeles to experience the Korean kimchi-making process. South Korea passed new [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s IONIQ 5 all-electric model and Tucson SUV will be making an appearance in latest Marvel film “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” coming to theaters on Dec. 15. Hyundai Motor said that the IONIQ 5 and Tucson will appear in major movie scenes, taking part in a series [...]